Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Center school, ca. 1950

"… school was built in 1926 to replace an older one-room schoolhouse. The old school is still standing and is now the Lincoln Center Church of God."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… with empty shipping boxes for Forster’s Toothpick Mill, crashed through the deck of the bridge to the riverbank below."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade from the Mill Stream behind it. All the rescued goods were stored in the nearby Methodist Church, while the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library, 1924

"Ingersoll. The front room of the library (pictured) shows off the beautiful original furniture including tables, chairs, check-out desk, and podium."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Marden’s still has a room that is like “The Cove Room” and that is where they keep all the clothes. After the renovation of Osgood’s they put some of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Some people did not have rooms assigned. I think that some people shared rooms. I was busy with the cleaning while they were here."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"They also didn’t have very many rooms to treat the patients or an operating room to do the surgery that was needed."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in Strong."

Strong Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"… this plane, upside down, hangs in a corner of a room in the Lincoln Historical Museum with a painting of the high school behind it."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… of Maine Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890Guilford Historical Society In 1824, the first dam across the Piscataquis River in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"Public dining rooms and kitchens were in the basement. Masonic Hall, Lincoln, 1945Lincoln Historical Society People other than the Masons were…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… concession stand, an ice cream parlor, and a pool room. The new movie theater had three owners to start with; Alfred Clay, Will Brown, and Al Reade."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"It’s scary because there isn’t a lot of room. I can’t stand people pushing and kicking me as they try to move from the back to the front of the boat."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"Eventually, the museum expanded to four rooms of exhibits; but, a few years later, the town decided to demolish the building to make way for a senior…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Thomas had a house that had enough room to have two families in it at one time. At this time he could be hired as a carpenter that remodeled houses…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"The Lodge room and kitchen were upstairs, while the dance hall and movie projector were downstairs. There was a stage with an organ on the western…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… care” of the foxes, I took them to the skinning room on the other side of the farm to get the hide ready to sell."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"Four large rooms on each floor flank a central hall, and an ell extends from the back of the house. The entry, decorated with pilasters and keystone…"

McArthur Public Library

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"In 1840 another Hampden mill, the Norton Paper Mill, began operation using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… Society There was a window upstairs, and the rooms were equipped with desks, a blackboard, and a closet."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… who had been overseer of the Pepperell cloth room and paymaster of the Laconia division. When he died in 1899 he bequeathed $40,000 toward a free…"